Listen to the Green-backed trogon
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About the Green-backed trogon
The Green-backed trogon is a bird in the family Trogonidae (order Trogoniformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Green-backed trogon sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The green-backed trogon (Trogon viridis), also known as the Amazonian white-tailed trogon, is a bird in the trogon family Trogonidae. It is widely distributed across the Amazon rainforest with a disjunct population on the southeast coast of Brazil. As with all trogons, this species is sexually dimorphic. The male has a yellow belly without a white breastband, a blue head with a pale-blue orbital eye-ring, a blue bill, a green back and a green tail that is mostly white below. The female is duller with a dark grey head, a dark grey back and some black barring beneath the tail.
Related birds in the genus Trogon
More from the family Trogonidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Green-backed trogon sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Green-backed trogon on this page, including its song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Green-backed trogon endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Green-backed trogon as “least concern”.
What family does the Green-backed trogon belong to?
The Green-backed trogon (Trogon viridis) belongs to the family Trogonidae in the order Trogoniformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q925086 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Green-backed trogon – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 3.0